# Incident 20201007015879I: Beech C23, Spring, TX, October 7, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2020, 16:00 local time
- Place: Spring, TX
- Airport: David Wyane Hooks
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0621° N, 95.3837° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spring, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0621&lon=-95.3837&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9354S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9354S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 148 total, 15 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201007015879I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT STATEMENT: ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER THE 7TH AT APPROXIMATELY 4 PM  I WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35R AT KDWH BY THE TOWER. IT WAS A NORMAL DESCENT, UPON TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT TOOK TWO SHORT HOPS BEFORE SETTLING IN ON THE GROUND ROLL. IN THE MOMENT AFTER GROUND ROLL BEGAN THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT, RESTING ON THE FOLDED NOSE GEAR, SKID TO A STOP.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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